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Capital Moved
The US capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC. After this, all Congress and Presidential meetings were in Washington DC. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson bought 530,000,000 acres of land out west from France. -
Thomas Jefferson In Office
Jefferson's second inauguration -
James Madison In Office
James Madison is inaugurated as the 4th president -
War of 1812
America declared war on Britain for interfering with their trade in Europe. They also tried to interfere with the westward expansion of the United States. -
James Monroe
James Monroe was inaugurated as the 5th president -
Missouri Compromise
The US was trying to keep a balance of slave and free states. The admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. -
Civil War Begins
Confederate troops opened fire on the Union troops who were at Fort Sumter.